January 28, 2008 Sports » Sports Feature

It's Super Bowl Time: Ready for an Upset? 

by John Branston
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The Super Bowl is where upsets go to die. If this annual football extravaganza were a ball, Cinderella wouldn't make it past the doorman. There have been 41 of these games played, and only four of them could be considered true upsets (and two of those were of the mild variety).

To find out which four, go to "Sports Beat" and get Frank Murtaugh's prognostications about the coming Super Bowl.

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